A worst-case scenario
- Polar Region
- March 30, 2017
The ongoing collapse of a large part of the Antarctica ice sheet could devastate global food supply, drowning vast areas of crop lands across the Middle East and Asia, according to new research. The ongoing collapse of a large part of the Antarctica ice sheet could devastate global food supply, drowning vast areas of crop
Warmer air, less-frigid water, and gravity may combine to make parts of Antarctica’s western ice sheet melt far faster than scientists had thought, raising sea levels much more… New physics-based computer simulations forecast dramatic increases… That could raise sea levels in 2100 by 18 to 34 inches more than an international panel of climate scientists
The research involved dozens of scientists and 10 satellite missions and presents a disturbing picture of the impact of recent warming at the poles… More than 4 trillon tonnes of ice from Greenland and Antarctica has melted in the past 20 years and flowed into the oceans, pushing up sea levels, according to a study